Musician

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

I've always said in the press, I can fall in love with a man. I can fall in love with a woman. And I've always said that I have no shame in that.

I'm always calling my doctor because I'm constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I'm a total hypochondriac.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

I lack trust in others.

New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.

If I really like the smell of something - a piece of tar or my goddaughter's plastic doll - I put a tiny piece in a bottle with a label. I keep them in a fridge in my bathroom.

A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

I love collaborating with strong women.

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics.